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29 maj 2024 · While Southern Water Snakes (also called Banded Water Snakes) can be found in a variety of areas around the United States (from North Carolina to the Florida Keys, and then oddly in areas of Illinois), they can be found specifically in eastern Texas.
In Texas, Nerodia fasciata confluens is found in the eastern third of the state. Nerodia f. pictiventris is restricted, at present, to Cameron County, having been introduced there in the first half of the century from Florida.
The banded water snake or southern water snake (Nerodia fasciata) is a species of mostly aquatic, nonvenomous, colubrid snake endemic to the central and southeastern United States. Sources and Credits
A Guide to Snakes of Southeast Texas. This guide was created for the members of "Southeast Texas Snake ID" which is an educational group on Facebook dedicated to providing quick identifications and a better understanding of snakes and the importance of their role in our ecosystem.
25 kwi 2024 · The broad-banded water snake is a beautiful, semi-aquatic colubrid that owes its name to the wide, irregular-shaped blotches or bands on its back. This subspecies of the banded water snake is usually active between late March and October.
The Broad-banded Watersnake is found in Texas near almost any fresh water source within their range. Look for them everywhere, including lakes, ponds, rivers, marshes, swamps, wetlands, and streams. They’re often spotted on branches overhanging the water, sunning themselves.
13 kwi 2011 · Early on a mid-March morning in Southeast Texas, in the shallow waters of the Blue Elbow Swamp, a broadband water snake slithers over the cool mud and through the green and brown grasses hunting for its food. A quick motion causes the slimy creature to become perfectly still.
